Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected and HIV-exposed, uninfected children

Introduction: Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) among HIV-infected children is 20–40 fold greater compared to HIV-uninfected children, including among HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Also, HIV-exposed, uninfected children have 2.7-fold greater risk of IPD compar...

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Main Authors: Sabelle Jallow, Shabir A. Madhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-05-01
Series:Expert Review of Vaccines
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2017.1307740